Humbug - author Graham Cluley

                Solution by Maureen Barton

Note: There are several random elements to this game.

Drive:

Inv - open satchel - x manuscript - x aeroplane - N - x letterbox
- open envelope and read card (young Sidney visiting on Tuesday) -
open door - N - E - E - x Grandad - read document (letter from
solicitor) - x hat - x feather - take hat - W - N (Study) - take
monocle - x desk - take nailfile - open door with nailfile - S - W
- W (Dining Room) - x table - x mousse - take mousse - N - W
(Pantry) - E - open door (Butler's Room) - x barrel (don't take
casket yet) - W - S - E - U - E (Grandad's Bedroom) - x bed - x
longjohns - x chute (A) - x trombone - take it - W - N - x cabinet
- open it - take plaster - x it - x basin - S - U - W (Spare
Bedroom; a bag of flour falls on your head making your hair white)
- stroke cat - x it - take coin - x wardrobe - open it - take
scarf and gloves - E - U - W - wear gloves - take hedgehog - x
boiler - E - E - x owl - x skylight - go back to Hall.

N - pull cord - D - take torch (be careful where you drop this as
it will break) - U - S - S - S - W - IN - take shovel - x dustbin
- take banana - out - W - N - x tree - take termites - S - E - E -
E - dig - open trapdoor - D - U - N - D (Well) - turn on torch -
look - hit wall - dig - take carrot - E - take crowbar (need to be
wearing gloves) - S - x statue - press button - go back to Hall
(turning off torch). Drop all except torch, banana, gloves and
crowbar - N - D - hit chimp and he blows a raspberry at you.
Robot puts it down chute - give banana to chimp (he will now let
you go east) - open crate with crowbar (you unpack a chair and the
robot clears up the rubbish dropped) - x chair - U - S - drop all
- N - D - sit in chair (you will now be transported back in time).

The Past

E - E - x miner - take lamp - take ladder - x archway - read sign
(words put underneath each other read "Not enough memory again") -
E - E - x terrapin - D - x archway - x statue - E - N - lean
ladder on wall - x table - x amphora (closed vessel) - x racket -
x slate (gives a date in Roman numerals, MCIV NB this is random) -
take all from table - S - put all on table - E - x table - x
musket, doll, watch, goggles - take all from table - S - x table -
x claw, cap, key - take all from table - N - put all on table
(spider knocks key off table and will not let you take the claw
north)

Take key, doll, musket - N - U - E - S - x cart - x coffin (don't
open it or gravedigger will promptly dispatch you) - IN - give
musket to barman (given beer) - give beer to digger - give doll to
barman - give beer to digger (he falls asleep) - out - open coffin
- put key in coffin - close coffin (wait and follow digger who
will dig hole and bury coffin).

Return to chair - drop lamp - sit in chair. Return to Hall - E - N
- D (remember Roman numerals - in this case 1104) - turn dial to 1
- E - E - turn dial to 1 - W - S - turn dial to 0 - N - N - turn
dial to 4 - S - press button (case opens) - take all from case and
return to Hall. Go to kitchen and get the kettle and pot from the
table - x pot (honey).

Cellar

Go and collect termites from the dead tree and return to kitchen.
E - turn on torch (wherever possible, turn off to conserve
battery) - look - take sweet - E - E - x chute (S) - W - S - wear
monocle - read runes (random - deposit treasures and say magic
word TURUPUJUJ at the allotted position) - remove monocle - S - E
- x aardvark - wake aardvark - give termites - give feather
(aardvark writes on wall) - x wall (thanks, I can help you too.
HEL2234. Note this is random too) - S - x buttons - x display
(reads HEL; the buttons light up bars which form letters and
numbers similar to a liquid crystal display so press the buttons
to form a number and then press button 7):
Press buttons 4, 5, 2, 1, 0 then 7.
Press button 7 again.
Press buttons 1, 6 then 7.
Press buttons 4, 0, 3 then 7 (door to west opens).

W - x chute (E) - x dispenser - x buttons (only button 3 will
work) - press button 3 - take turkey leg - go to

Butler's Room

Put turkey leg in barrel - x fish (dead) - take fish - take casket
- x casket - open it (pepper) - x wine - take bone - W - give bone
to dog (stops him chasing cat) - go back to Hall and then to

Lake

(Wear swimming cap to keep your hair white) - S (ice breaks and
you are saved by Viking and taken onto ship and given a mug of
tea) - x mug - x tea - take sugar - x table (bag of porridge) - x
Sven (carrying Filofax) - S (to Island) - x dispenser - x buttons
(you need a Senior Citizen Fun Day Special) - put coin in slot -
press button 5 (nothing happens) - kick dispenser - take ticket -
x sealion - give fish to sealion - take tuckbox - open it - take
sandwich - x it (tuna fish and brown bread) - drop tuck box.

(To get back to shore you must go north from here and not down the
rope from the ship or you will drown)

(Go back to the house and find the cat, he will follow you as long
as you are carrying the fish sandwich. Lead cat to kitchen where
it will kill the mouse) - take mouse and go to

Attic

Give mouse to owl (he flies off) - open skylight (frozen) - go to
laundry room - plug in kettle - wait - take kettle whilst steaming
to attic and the steam will free the skylight - open skylight - U
- E - take balloon - W - D - go back to laundry room - and plug in
kettle and wait until it stops boiling - x kettle - take salt -
drop kettle and then go to the laboratory - drop salt (to kill the
slug) - open chest - take zircon and wire clippers - go to fence -
cut fence with clippers - N - IN (henhouse) - say boo to goose -
take battery (for torch) - open door - N - dig (you dig a hole in
the ground to a room below) - N - x bath - x line - take clothes
peg - go to Grandad's bedroom - wear peg - take longjohns (bus
pass drops out) - take pass - x it - x photograph - go to sitting
room - wake Grandad by playing trombone (he wakes up and polishes
trombone with his sock which he leaves stuck inside the trombone)
- follow him to Golden Gulp (the bouncer will let you in so long
as you are with Grandad).

Golden Gulp

X table - take token (you will win a package as a prize and
Grandad wins a fun night out) - follow Grandad when he leaves and
watch what he does at the bus stop.

Bus Stop

(You need to have white hair and be wearing Grandad's hat to look
like the photograph. You must also have the ticket and the bus
pass) - press button on robot (bus arrives) - IN (you will wake up
in a field beside a tombstone and a horse) - x tombstone - dig -
dig - dig - open coffin (zombie appears) - give claw to zombie -
take key - give sugar to horse - ride horse (it jumps the fence
and leave you back in the Manor grounds beside the hedge).  Go
down the hidden staircase in the study and put the mattress in the
north alcove under the hole which you dug previously - unlock door
in south alcove with the key from the coffin and you now have
access to the well.

Clearing

D (to rabbit hole) - give carrot to rabbit - eat orange flower
(you shrink) - N - take ruby - S - eat blue flower (back to normal
size) - take all - wear clothes - U - S to

Maze

Find your way to the centre of the maze. You will have to register
the game with Graham to get the map. Once there ...

Dig - take emerald.

W - drop two items and Horace arrives to clear up rubbish, dumping
you in the dustbin on the second occasion and taking you back to
his hut.

Hut

Watch Horace and when he takes the tin out of his pocket - throw
aeroplane (Horace will race around trying to catch it) - open tin
- put pepper (from casket) in tin - close tin (when Horace
sneezes) - take can - x dustbin (in case you want to retrieve
items dropped in the maze) - out. Go to boat and get bag of
porridge.

Games Room

To play Wubble-a-Gloop - read sign - wear goggles - drop amphora
(octopus is temporarily blinded) - put sweet on plinth. To win the
game you need to leave first 13 sweets, then 9, then 5, then 1.
Octopus loses and gives you a jigsaw - say Moccasin Beehive and he
gives you a dweezil? - W - S - E - E - put porridge on stool (door
opens) - E - take amethyst - W - go to Viking Ship and give jigsaw
to Sven who drops Filofax - take Filofax - x it (Viking Contact
Society, random contact number 010478939459) - go to hacker - x
pedestal - take hammer - x hacker (carrying knife) - give package
to hacker (he opens it and finds a computer) - x computer - type
010478939459 - x computer (waiting for National Insurance number)
- go to waiting room and talk to Olaf - x Olaf - ask about sad
story (he can't remember his auntie's telephone number and only
her National Insurance number, but he has hiccups and stops just
as he is about to give you her number - burst balloon (hiccups
stop) - ask about sad story (NI number is 85911566; random again)
- go back to computer and type in number and you'll be given
auntie's telephone number.

Go back to Olaf and say number (he rings his aunt and rushes out,
leaving his rucksack) - x rucksack (contains white powder which
you are unable to take out as it is suspected narcotics) - put
rucksack in chute - pull lever - go back to hacker - sit on
pedestal - press button (you are transported to the rubbish tip).

Rubbish Tip

Take rucksack - x fairy - x wand (broken) - give plaster to fairy
(she mends wand and waves it, you are transported back outside).

Bathroom

Once you have been for a bus ride you can clean yourself up - turn
on tap - wash hair - wear gloves - take hedgehog - comb hair with
hedgehog - drop hedgehog - remove gloves - wash hands - turn off
tap - go to pantry - take caddy - say please - take caddy - open
it - take toffee - drop caddy.

Wumpus in Tube

X tube and dial - press button and go back up beside tube (wumpus
will be ejected over the hedge from the tube) - wait for the sound
of hunting horns and go and wait by the trapdoor until the wumpus
comes over the hedge - give mousse to wumpus (drugged) - take
wumpus - D - drop wumpus - U - close trapdoor.

Wait for Jasper Slake to come over hedge - x Jasper - give toffee
to Jasper (he chews it and eventually spits out a broken tooth) -
wait until he goes back over the hedge, dropping something as he
goes) - look - take tooth - take Polaroid - x it (it is fuzzy) -
open trapdoor - D - get wumpus - x it (covered in oil) - go to

Washing machine

Open machine - put wumpus and powder in machine - close machine -
press button - open machine (wumpus is sparkling clean and gives
you a sapphire) - go back to pedestal - sit on pedestal - press
button - kiss fairy and she will give you a diamond - give tooth
to the fairy (to get out).

FIRE

Hit alarm with hammer and go and wait by the fire until Dennis the
fireman arrives.  Give mug to Dennis (he takes off his helmet) -
hit Dennis - tie him up with sheets from Grandad's bedroom - take
uniform and helmet and wear them - drop all - S (through fire) -
turn wheel (to put fire out) - x chute (Z) - N - take all.

Bear Cub

Get trombone and pot of honey on way.
Open pot - pour honey in trombone - drop trombone (bear cub pull
out the sock with its paw to lick the honey) - take trombone.

Go to the various chutes to put in the jewels.
Put amethyst in chute A - pull lever.
Put sapphire in chute S - pull lever.
Put emerald in chute E - pull lever.
Put ruby in chute R - pull lever.
Put zircon in chute Z - pull lever.
Put diamond in chute D - pull lever.

Say magic word (turupujuj) and a map spits out of the chute - x
map (tells of treasure in the back garden) - take map (Jasper
arrives and he has got Grandad.  He wants the map or you will not
see Grandad again. He takes him off and puts him behind bars in
the priesthole). Go to

Bath

Pour petrol in funnel - take chain - S - D - S - S - S - play
trombone (to wake Grandad) - tie chain to bars (Grandad helps you)
- go back to bath and press button (the bath shoots forward to the
north and wrenches the bars from the priesthole).

You go back to Grandad but Jasper arrives too and pulls out a
sabre. If you are not carrying the Polaroid, you lose the game.
Otherwise, the Polaroid is gradually transformed in the
ultraviolet light. Grandad eats the map. The Polaroid develops
into a photograph of Jasper at an Annual General Meeting of Evil
Dentists showing him to be bald. On seeing this, he runs off.

During the adventure - JUMP for 10 points. PRAY for 10 points.

Final score 1850 out of 2000, 150 points short.

@~Graham sent me a few additions for this solution, such as extra
@~things to do to score points, some of which have been added to
@~the solution, the rest will be printed next issue ... Sue